Jewelry, Ceramics
DeMarkwear
511 S. Nursery Avenue,
Purcellville, VA 20132
Loudoun Valley Cluster, 2023 Stop #22
About
Cold pressed, embossed, and soldered Brass on Sterling Silver with a Sterling Silver Chain.
Lori DeMark is a Purcellville-based jewelry artist and owner of DeMarkwear Jewelry.
Her work is inspired by designs found in nature and textures that are part of our everyday life. She creates jewelry using sterling silver, brass, stoneware or porcelain clay. The majority of her designs include earrings, necklaces, and pendants. Metal jewelry: Sterling silver, copper, brass metals are forged using a cold hammering techniques or embossed using a printing press to create designs into material. Metal is then bent or formed into one-of-a-kind unique designs. Some pieces are soldered while others are embellished with glass or stone beads that are hand-selected for each design. Ceramic designs: Clay pendants and earrings are created using traditional stoneware or porcelain clay, which is fired to cone 5 or 6. Clay is stamp-pressed using the artist’s designs and objects found in nature. Lori has a studio background in printmaking and ceramics which has influenced her jewelry designs.
Copper, Brass, and Sterling Silver Disc Pendant on Oxidized Sterling Silver Beaded chain with matching Copper, Brass, and Sterling Silver Disc Earrings on Niobium French Wire Earwire.
Spiral Sterling Silver Wire Pendant on a Sterling Silver beaded chain and a Spiral Sterling Silver Wire Earrings on Sterling Silver French Earwire
Sterling Silver Diamond Shaped Wire on Sterling Silver French Earwire
Clay Embossed Pendant fired to Cone 6 on a leather cord with Sterling Silver clasp.
Sterling Silver Triple Hoop Pendant on 20” Sterling Silver Chain.
Brass and Copper. Cold hammered, embossed, and soldered on an Oxidized Beaded Sterling Silver Chain.
Brass and Copper. Cold hammered, embossed, and soldered on an Oxidized Beaded Sterling Silver Chain.
Various pendants. Mixed-metals. Using cold hammering, embossment, wire forming, and/or soldering techniques.
Fused Ceramic Letter Pendants. Various glazes.
Work Area
Available from this artist:
Pendants, necklaces, and earrings.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Map and Directions:
Directions to DeMarkwear:
From Main Street in Purcellville, turn south on 32nd Street (Route 690), then left onto Nursery Avenue. Ours is the fourth house on the left. Studio in back.
Connect with this artist:
Special interview with the artist on YouTube
You can also find this artist on Instagram at instagram.com/demarkwear and on Facebook at m.facebook.com/100029060454602/